Water Gardening: Keeping fish in the pond during the rainy season?, 1 by salvia_lover

salvia_lover wrote:
I have a wooden box approximately 4'x18"x18" (photo below) that I'm using for a little goldfish/frog pond for my kids. I set this up in the late spring after the winter rains had passed and all summer it's worked great. But now the winter rainy season is approaching and I'm starting to wonder how the heck I'm supposed to keep the fish and floating plants from getting washed out of the little pond if/when it rains for days on end. If anyone has any workable ideas I'd really appreciate the feedback.

I thought about putting a mesh guard around the edges so the excess water could flow out without releasing the fish onto the patio.....but I'm not sure how to secure it without nailing holes into the liner inside the pond (which of course I don't want to do). I also don't want to trap the frogs inside or make it too difficult for them to get in and out of the pond when they want to.

Like I said, any feedback would be really appreciated.

-Julie